11/11/2009 @ 1:15PM

In Pictures: Secrets Of Nonverbal Communication

As an FBI counterintelligence special agent for 25 years, Joe Navarro relied heavily on nonverbal communication to establish rapport with people. Since leaving the Bureau in 2003, he has worked as a consultant to the Energy and State Departments and the Institute for Defense Analysis in Washington. His latest book, Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence, applies his study of nonverbal communication to the business world. Here are illustrations of some of the ideas he considers most powerful.